WSLC to convene in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash — About
500 delegates from unions across
Washington are expected in Vancouver
Aug. 4-7 for the annual convention of
the Washington State Labor Council,
AFL-CIO. The state labor council is
considered the voice of labor in Wash-
ington, and represents 500 local
unions with a combined membership
of about 400,000 workers.
The event will take place at the
Vancouver Hilton Hotel, where work-
ers just ratified their first union con-
tract after a two-year campaign.
Highlights of the convention in-
clude a Monday morning address by
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire
and a Tuesday visit from U.S. Sen.
Patty Murray. Delegates will also hear
from U.S. Congressman Brian Baird,
Washington House Speaker Frank
Chopp, and State Treasurer candidate
Jim McIntire.
Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom
Chamberlain will speak to delegates,
as will British Columbia Labour Fed-
eration President Jim Sinclair.
Delegates will debate and pass res-
olutions, and take part in trainings and
policy discussions on trade, health
care, immigration, global warming,
and worker safety.
The day before the convention be-
gins, arrivees and local volunteers will
take part in a “Labor Neighbor” walk
to help a union-endorsed candidate for
State House in Washington’s 17th leg-
islative district.
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Charles Lewis has been endorsed
by the Northwest Oregon Labor
Council in his race for an open seat on
the Portland City Council.
Lewis is in a November runoff
against Amanda Fritz for Position 1.
The seat is currently held by Mayor-
elect Sam Adams. Adams didn’t seek
re-election, in order to run for mayor.
He takes office Jan. 1, 2009.
Fritz, a member of the Oregon
Nurses Association, was the top vote-
getter in the primary, capturing 44
percent of the vote in a field of six
candidates. She was endorsed by sev-
eral unions, including United Food
and Commercial Workers Local 555,
Laborers Local 483, AFSCME Local
189, Letter Carriers Branch 82, Fire
Fighters Local 43, and Carpenters Lo-
cal 247.
Lewis received 13 percent of the
vote in the primary. He did not have
any union endorsements.
The Northwest Oregon Labor
Council’s endorsed candidate in the
May primary was Mike Fahey. The
former Carpenters Union representa-
tive finished fourth.
Lewis is making his first run at po-
litical office. He is the founder of
Ethos Music Center, a non-profit or-
ganization that teaches music and pro-
vides instruments to children.
During an interview with the labor
council’s Executive Board on July 28,
Lewis said he is a former member of
the Teamsters Union and that his fa-
ther was a Teamster throughout his
working career.
“I will be the strongest advocate
you have on City Council,” he told
board members.
In other political action, the North-
west Oregon Labor Council endorsed
the re-election of Tony Hyde for Co-
lumbia County commissioner, Posi-
tion 3. Hyde ran unopposed in the Re-
publican primary.
He faces a challenge from Democ-
rat Pat Zimmerman in November.
Zimmerman ran unopposed in the
May primary.
Holliday named
general vice president
of Operating Engineers
Mark Holliday has been appointed a
general vice president of the
International Union of Operating
Engineers. Holliday is business
manager of Gladstone, Oregon-
based Operating Engineers Local
701. He is the first business manager
from that local to serve on the
international union’s 14-person
Executive Board. The term of office
is for five years. Prior to the ap-
pointment last month, Holliday was
chair of the international union’s
five-person Board of Trustees. The
International Union of Operating
Engineers has 400,000 members in
170 locals throughout the United
States and Canada. It is head-
quartered in Washington, D.C.
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